Theme: " A Portrait of the King "

Title: " The King's Itinerant Ministry Chronicled "

Text: Matthew Chapters 8 - 25

INTRO: *** Chapter 13 ***

I. The King's Parables of the Kingdom

13:1-52 ( Eight Parables )

A. The Parable of the Sower & the Seed

Verses 1-23

1. The Parable Given

Verses 1-9

2. The Disciples' Question

Verse 10

3. The Lord's Reply

Verse 11-17

4. The Parable Explained

Verses 18-23

B. The Parable of the Tares Among the Wheat

Verses 24-30

C. The Parable of the Grain of Mustard Seed

Verses 31-32

D. The Parable of the Leaven Hidden in the Meal

Verse 33

**** ( A Parenthetical Commentary )

Verses 34-35

**** ( The Parable of the Tares Explained )

Verses 36-43

E. The Parable of the Treasure Hidden in the Field

Verse 44

F. The Parable of the Merchant Man Seeking Goodly

Pearls

Verses 45-46

G. The Parable of the Net that was Cast Into the Sea

Verses 47-50

H. The Parable of the Householder with Treasured

Things: New & Old

Verses 51-52

II. The King's Offensiveness to the People of His Own

Communuity

13:53-58

A. The King Comes Home to Minister the Word .

Verses 53-54a

B. The People's Response to the King's Ministry

Verses 54b-57a

1. Astonishment

2. Uncertainty -- ( They were Filled with Questions &

All Kinds of Doubts. )

3. They Were Offended in Him.

C. The King's Response to the People

Verses 57b-58

1. His Verbal Response

Verse 57b

2. His Silent Response

Verse 58 -- He withheld His Miracle Working Grace

in Response to their Unbelief.